Truck.



G. E. SMOUSE.

TRUCK.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 7, 1912.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

l'y f Mw @www from the truck onto a table or other support 'rires esoneri E. sivroo'ss, or Wasiimeroiv, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

To all whom t may' concern Be it lmown that I, GEORGE E. Salones, a citizen of the United States, residing at .llashingtom in the Districtof Columbia,

have invented certain new and v useful Improvements in Trucks; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as. will enable others skilled in the yart to which it appertains to make and use `the same. I

My invention relates to an improvement in trucks, Aand particularly trucks for.re ceiving type forms from a table or sup;

port, and transferring them' to a table or support, the objectl being to provide a truck 'with a supporting surface for the type forms, lmounted on adjustable devices, whereby the s aid supporting surface may be adjusted to the level with or raised slightly 'above or below the surfaces"N of the tables or devices with which it is used, so that the made'up forms may be slid from the table onto the truck and transferred to the molding' or stereotyping machines, or may be slid With this object 1n -v1eW,

parts, and in the -details of construction as will be more Vfully hereinafter described and pointed out in the'claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a view in sideelevation of myA improved truck; Fig. Q'is a view in vertical longitudinal section, the top being shown in side elevation, and Fig, 3 is a View in -end elevation the supporting frame'being in'section.,

1 represents theA truck body, which as shown, is preferably rectangular in shape, and is composed of four legs suitably connected near their lower ends by the bars2, and ator near their upper ends by the'strips 3, the whole 'forming a rigid structure which is mounted on four trailing caster Wheels 4.

5 is the truck top, of Slightly greater lengthand Width than the truck frame, and smooth and fiat on top so as to form a solid and even support for set up type or'type forms. This top rests'on the heads of the Specification of Ili'ettersl Patent.

'my inventionv consists in the parts and combinations of 'I' TRUCK.

Withfwhich it is to be used', land can also be adjusted to compensate for wear, pending from the underside of the top are four setsof .threadedbolts 7. These bolts are arranged in pairs," one, pair being adjacent each post 1, and each pa'i'r carries av metal block 8, thelatter, being adjustably secured on the screws by the nuts 9, 'two being above` and two below each block as clearly shown in I `ig. 1.`

\` Mounted in bea-rings of the truk, are theshafts 10, one adjacent each end of the truck. Each shaft passestransversely across the truclounder the blocks S, and eadh carries two eccen-v trics 11 on which the blocks rest and by which they are supported. Each shaft 10 therefore supports one end of the truck top when the latter is elevated above its supporting screws (if. Thegecoentrics 11 are keyed t the shafts 10 and bear at their peripheries against the.underside of the blocks 8, andl .are so adjusted and located with relation tothe other parts, that the top 5 is normally supported by the screws 6. Each shaft is providecLwith an arm 12, one

of which projects upwardly and the other- :PatentedotQ 7,1913. Application filed .Tune 7, 191.2. S'eril No. 702272.

inf-the side strips 3 I downwardly, and these two arms 1Q' are connected at their free ends by the connecting rod 13, sothat when either shaft is turned the other will be turnedalso, and thus turn the entire series of ecoentpics 11'in unison.

Each shaft 10 is provided with an arm 14, each of which is connected by a link 15 with an actuating lever 1G. The two levers 16 are connected to the rod 17a Acarried by the brackets 17 secured tothe undersideof the x strips 3, and projectA in'opposite directions and terminate adjacent the two ends of the truckso as to be Within convenient reach ofthe operator.

From the foregoing it will be see'n that by pushing down on either lever 16, all the eccentrics will be turned in a direction to elevate the truck'top 5, and be carriedonto or slightly past their dead centers, so that the top'willbe sust-ained'in its elevated position after the lever 16 has been released. The parts may be restored to their normal positions by simply pulling up on the free end of either lever; In the use of the truck, it is rst adjusted by means of the screws G and blocks 8 to` the make up tables and other devices with which it is to be used, and is preferably set slightly below the `level of the make up table so that the type foriuson the Vloo lifting the forms.

latterI may be slid onto the truck top without In transferringtlie forms back to the table or other device, thevtop-5 should be elevated to bring'it slightly abovze the surface onto Wli-ichthe type or form 1s to be. transferred soy that it may be slidV with.- y

I. outlifting it. f

and consequent .shock 'IG To cushion-the topiagainst a sudden drop thereon,I have connected the spring 17 to 'one arm' 12, so that the movements of the eccentr'cs ina direction to lowerjthe truck might b'e resorted to inl therelative. arrangenivention.- stood that I do not wish to confine myself to lthe .exact construction and arrangement of ment of partsshown and" described without departing VAfrom .the spirit and scope of my Hence I would have it undern partssh'own and described, but` Havingfully described my invention lwhat claimzas new land desire to secure by Letv topa 1. The combination of a frame, a movable supports ladjustably secured to the frame `and disconnected from theto'p and aldaited tol'form'supportsy for the tofp when t e and lowering it onto tlie'same.

2. Ina truck, the combination 'of a frame "mounted on wheels, a'movable top, ladjustable supports*intermediatev the frame and "top and on which the latter rests, blocks secured t-o the table top and' series of connected eccentrics engaging the blocks for lifting -mounted on wheels, 'a movable top carried and lowering the topV and means'for actuating the eccentrics.

3; In a truck, the combination of a frame to thetype formslatedv from eitherlend.

`atter isfin its lower position only, and means for lifting said top olf said supports 0n said frame, a series of connected eccenmounted in thev frame. below the top and en-` gaging the latter, whereby when"'the eccentrics are turned in one direction the top will be'li-fted'from the adjustable supports, and ,when turned in the opposite direction will be lowered onto said supnorts,a nd means lo# cated at opposite endswof the table whereby of connected eccentrics the entire seriesof 'eccentricsmay be .actuf A 5. The combination-of a frame mounted on wheels, a' series of connected eccentrics' carried by said rame,a table top adapted to be moved vertically,'and a series of bearings secured to the underside of the tabletop and l adjustable toward and fromfthe latter, the said. bearings'fr'esting on the eccentrics.

6.' In a truck, the `combination of aframe mounted on wheels, adjustable :supports at the top ofsaid frame,'a top resting on said K av series of connected eccentricscarried by the truck, adjustable blocks carf supports,

riedby the table top'y and adapted to be engaged by said eccentrics'and means for actuating the eccentrics. -A l Intestimony whereoLI havel signed this specic'ationin the presence of two subscribing witnesses. l j 'GEORGE sMoUsia.v Witnesses: 4 Y .-S. C. HILL,

H. F. MOONEX. f

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